In a first in years, Israel’s Civil Administration filed a financial lawsuit against a settler, demanding he cover the costs of demolishing his home. The defendant is Elisha Yered, a prominent settlement activist in the Shomron hills and former spokesman for MK Limor Son Har-Melech. He is being sued for nearly 60,000 shekels.
The lawsuit covers demolition operations carried out in 2021–2022. The legal tool was originally developed in the final days of the Bennett-Lapid government, shelved after its fall, and is now being revived under the current right-wing government, with the Civil Administration — under Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s authority— using it for the first time.
Authorities view the measure as a new deterrent tool against illegal outposts, allowing enforcement without arrests. Yered warns that the precedent could later be turned against the broader settlement movement, including agricultural farms, regardless of who is in power. He was reportedly chosen as a test case.
Source: Elisha Yered
Video source of the picture: Ynet (Hebrew), https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/bkoqv7vhh
dated August 14, 2023. The demolition part of the video starts at 00:08 – 00:27, is interrupted and begins again a couple of minutes later.
Posted July 23, 2026
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